“Haah… ha.”
Fabian, who had absorbed all the magi, gave a small laugh. Black magi leaked from his open mouth.
Fabian’s head, which had been facing the sky, slowly returned to its original position.
Black pterygiums. And his burning red eyes…
His red hair was also dyed black, leaving only the last of it, and his horns, like those of the Demon King, grew long on his head. It was Fabian, not Meyer, who became the host of the Demon King and the second Demon King.
His humanity had been completely burned away by the magi’s venom, and he no longer looked human.
Fabian smiled and murmured.
“I think I’m going to live a little longer.”
He stretched his stiff body and stretched his neck from side to side.
Not everyone can become a “second demon King.” If you become the Demon King just because you stabbed the Demon King, then Fabian should have ended up becoming the Demon King in the first round without having to go back in time from the beginning.
Only the person whom the Demon King planted a nucleus can become the second Demon King…
‘When he defeated the Demon King in the first round, did the Demon King plant a nucleus in Fabian?’
That was most likely the case.
Two Demon King nuclei. That much power of succession must have been absorbed more quickly, which would have caused the dungeon of the Demon King’s castle to appear earlier than expected.
I don’t know why it flowed in a different direction from the game, but…
Fabian, who became the second Demon King, raised his hand and burst into laughter.
“Hahaha! So this is the power of the Demon King!”
Apparently, the Demon King was currently asleep for a while, and Fabian seemed to maintain his ego. Perhaps he would seize the opportunity in Fabian and try to engulf him.
Fabian, unaware of such ulterior motives of the Demon King even in his dreams, murmured with an enraptured expression as if intoxicated by the simmering power.
“I see. I’ve figured it out already… It was the Demon King who gave me the mobile scroll. Huh, it was the blessing of the Demon King that was given to me, not St. Marianne.”
It was said that the Demon King went into hiding for a while to save his power, but it would have been within his power to drop a single item floating around the demon world at any desired location.
Perhaps he measured two of his own nuclei and tried to balance them. It would not have been a good thing for either of them to have rolled faster than the other…
If Meyer accepted the Demon King’s power out of desperation at the bondage he could not escape from the game, now Fabian took the power of the Demon King with open arms.
Fabian lifted his sword. The undulating black flames wrapped around his sword. He spoke gruffly.
“I don’t know how all seven of you ended up in the dungeon, but I don’t care anymore. It only makes a difference if you die now or later!”
Fabian shouted and swung his sword. A mixture of fire magic and magi covered us.
“Agh!”
Nova and Julieta blocked it with their shields, but it was not easy. The black flame did not go out easily and jumped on their shields. Nova and Julieta gritted their teeth at the heat and venom.
“Damn…!”
Axion, who couldn’t bear to watch, immediately tried to distract Fabian by performing magic.
Fireworks arrows filled the sky and rained down on Fabian.
However, Fabian was resistant to fire because of the same fire attribute. Instead, he was so relaxed that he fought back with a smile on his face.
“Flame Mage? Ha! That’s ridiculous!”
In Fabian’s hand, a film of black magi swallowed all the arrows and quickly became a large spear that flew toward Axion.
Sevi hastily responded with wind magic, but it was not very effective.
“Ugh!”
“Avoid!”
“Keuk!”
Everyone suffered a great deal of damage. It was surprising that they were holding out.
Still, thanks to the others’ efforts to buy time, Meyer’s strength had recovered about half of what it had been.
It would have been nice if he could have recovered all of it, but August was not in very good shape, and this was about all he could do. Meyer gripped his sword and said as he rode from his position.
“Let’s settle this, Fabian.”
What was captured in his gaze at Fabian was another future for himself.
His sword, with its attribute transformation undone, no longer shone noble and holy, but his will was firm and unwavering.
“I can’t believe that you’re so drunk on the power of the Demon King… I even hate myself for admitting that you may have been selected as a hero. I will defeat you and break all the bonds of the cursed Demon King.”
At Meyer’s words, Fabian opened his eyes wide, and soon smiled in vain as if he were amazed.
“Ha, what’s this. You remember the first round? You deceived me!”
“…”
Instead of answering back, Meyer fixed his sword and held it. Fabian giggled for a long time and smiled strangely, as if he didn’t really want to hear an answer.
“Yes, no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn’t beat you… But it’s different now.”
His eyes flashed.
Then he suddenly swung his sword. The black magic became a huge wave and hit Meyer.
“I, who had been working so hard to protect this world, have gained such a strong power that it’s almost comical!”
Kwagwagwang!
Although Meyer has magi, he is also essentially human. It was impossible to completely cancel out the magi.
Meyer had pinned down his sword, but there was a limit to what he could withstand with his enormous magical power.
If I could convert attributes with holy power, the situation would be different…
Damn. I bit my lip.
Attribute conversion was a high-level skill. Once I used the skill, the cool-down time was quite long before I could reuse it.
I waited impatiently for the cool time to pass.
Meyer clashed swords with Fabian. A sharp metallic sound echoed through my pupils with a ring.
“I’ll pay you back for the humiliation of the other day, Meyer Knox…!”
“It’s good to know that you were humiliated!”
Meyer responded without backing down in the slightest, but it was clear that he was being pushed a little too far.
From a physical point of view, it seemed that Fabian was stronger now than the Demon King.
In order for the Demon King to use his magical weapons, he would need the energy of the human world, but it seemed that he could use his magical weapons much more easily because he was in a human body.
“Keuk!”
“With the power of the Demon King, Meyer Knox, you’re nothing!”
Sevi, who was watching, stomped and shouted impatiently.
“His Excellency can’t do it alone. I’ll help him…”
“But it’s not a situation where we can get in. Damn it! I can’t believe I have to watch this important situation helplessly…”
Axion spoke ill of it. As wizards, they were unable to interrupt the super proximity dispute between the entangled and warring prosecutors.
At that moment, August staggered to his feet. Nova quickly went to help August.
At the moment when Meyer was in danger, August did everything in his power to demonstrate his healing magic.
“「Healing Touch」 !”
“Ugh!”
The scream came from Fabian. Axion, realizing the situation, exclaimed happily.
“Yes, because curative magic is a holy power…! It would be a cure for His Excellency, but it would be poison for the Demon King!”
But as if it was the last shot, August vomited blood once again.
His internal injuries seemed to be severe. Nova, who had been supporting August, became contemplative.
“Priest!”
“I’m fine…”
August shook his head, but everywhere I looked, it was the face of a dying man.
Julieta bit her lips tightly. With determination, she said, clenching her mace tightly.
“I can fight with all my might, even if I’m weak, so I’ll support you.”
“No. Wait.”
I stopped Julieta. If she went there now, she would only get in the way. Fabian shouted impatiently, as August’s support aroused his anger.
“Ha, useless! Do you think you can stop me with just this much?”
“Of course.”
I stared at Fabian with my eyes flashing.
“That’s enough time for me. 『Attribute Conversion』!”
As soon as the light exploded in my hands, Meyer’s body began to glow with holy power again.
“Damn…! Jun Karentia!”
Fabian let out a cry of anger.
The space trembled with his magi mingled with anger, but I wasn’t the least bit afraid.
Because I believe in Meyer.
Meyer held the sword. His golden eyes shone with hope and justice like floating bright stars.
A sword so holy that it could be called a holy sword covered the sky and slashed at Fabian’s body. Fabian tried to block it, but he could not avoid the entire storm of light.
“Keuaaaaa!”
The white light penetrated the field of view.
“… Has he done it?”
The storm gradually subsided, and Nova murmured, moistening her dry lips.
However, to the shame of expectations, Fabian, who showed up, was fine without any flaws.
“Ha! Hahahaha! Is this the power of your soul, Meyer Knox? That’s ridiculous!”
Fabian laughed and mocked Meyer.
Meyer has been fighting desperately since the Demon King battle. Meyer’s face, which had burned all his energy, looked tired.
Nevertheless, perhaps he would not give up until the end, he murmured again, raising his sword.
“…if you think it’s ridiculous, I’ll try it one more time.”
“Bluff!”
Fabian began to bring out his magic with a show of mirth as if laughing at Meyer.
“I’ll show you my true strength…!”
A tremendous amount of magical power began to gather in Fabian, unparalleled up to now.
This much couldn’t be prevented.
The Black Knights’ faces were stained with despair and a sense of defeat as they realized this fact.
“Yes! That’s the face! Everyone should despair more! Because it still doesn’t compare to my despair! Jun, the same goes for you! Only, I won’t easily kill you… keuk?”
Fabian’s face, which had been in high spirits for a long time, suddenly distorted. Something unusual seemed to be happening.
Crack, crack.
When I listened, I heard a small crack opening.
“His body is…!”
The bright-eyed Sevi was the first to find the source of the crack and pointed at it.
It was all black, so it could not be distinguished well, but when I looked closely, magi was leaking out of the place where Sevi pointed.
